Center in the News

09.23.09 - "Judge David Campbell said he will hear arguments next week from attorneys for the Center for Reproductive Rights that the requirement, part of a more comprehensive law restricting abortion…

09.15.09 - "In his speech to Congress, Obama said 'no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions,' sparking another round of head-scratching about whether the legislation will actually allow federal funding for abortion…

08.19.09 - Stephanie Toti, lead attorney for the Center on the case Nova Health Systems d/b/a Reproductive Services v. Drew Edmondson in the District Court of Oklahoma County, featured on KSBI-TV 52 and the Oklahoma News Report…

Nancy Northup, president of the Center, also submitted a letter to the editor to the New York Times in response to an article written about the murder of Dr. Tiller and the need for our federal, state, and local government to recognize abortion providers as human rights defenders.

Karen Leiter, the Center’s human rights researcher and author of the report also authored a blog post on RH Reality Check about the need for a “stronger defense on the right to choose” and the Center’s groundbreaking report.

07.13.09 - Center President Nancy Northup authored a blog on the Hill on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week and the historical silence on the discussion of Roe v. Wade at these hearings.

"Allowing a willful haze of ignorance to cloud judicial hearings sets a terrible precedent. The Senate, and Judge Sotomayor, should reclaim and reinvigorate the confirmation process with a willingness to discuss all of the Court’s jurisprudence, including constitutional protections for abortion rights," wrote Northup.